Broom-head



A 1. D. BROWNE.

Broom Head.

No. 50,554.` v Pat'ented'ch 24, 1865.

N. PEYERS. Prwwumagnpmr, wnshingmn, D. CA

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN DAVID BROWNE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BROOM-HEAD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 50,5511, dated October24, 1865.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAVID BROWNE, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton 'and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Construction of Clamps for Brooms; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a view of the part of the clamp to which the handle is attached. Fig.2 is a view of the part for fastening the clamp. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection of the handle part of clamp. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of thefastening part of clamp. Fig. 5 is a horizontal View of clamp. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the clamp.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral ligures.

The nature of my invention consists in the mode ot' fixing the handleand securing the clamps.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myimprovements, I will proceed to describe them.

The clamp is made in two parts, A and B, as shown in Figs. l and 2, oflnalleableiron or other suitable material, jointed at a. a. The part Ais made with a socket, b, on the inside Y of which is a sharp threadedscrew, c, which may be formed as shown or with a dry sand core. The partB is made so as to extend to the top and over the socket b, forming aring or yoke, d, for the handle to pass through, the handle e to be madepointed, as shown, the point to be sufficiently long to enter thefilling.

Operation: Open the clamp at about right angles, place the part A whichhas the screw in it downward, lay in the material for the broom, thenclose the clamp, and the yoke d will pass over the socketb. Nowinsertthe handle and turn it round and the screw c will cut a thread on thehandle, which will hold it very iirm and fasten the clamp at the sametime, and the tllling is also further compressed and secured by theinsertion of the point of the handle into it. f

This method dispenses with the use of separate screws, nuts, pins,buttons, ferrules, 8m., as hitherto used.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe mode ot' attaching the handle, and also securely fastening theclamp, as herein substantially set forth.

JOHN DAVID BROVVNE.

Wi tnesess:

E. W. MAsTERsoN, J. VAUX.

